MAPublisher 5.0 vs. MAPublisher 4.0
Comparison Chart
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 = feature available |
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| Compatibility |
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| Microsoft Windows |
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| Mac OS X |
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freehand 10 only |
| Mac OS 9 |
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| Illustrator 10 |
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| Illustrator 9 |
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| Illustrator 8.01 |
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| FreeHand 10 |
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| FreeHand 9 |
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| Import/Input |
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| ArcInfo Ungenerate (.lin, .pnt, .pol) |
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| ArcInfo Export (.e00) to single layer |
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| ArcInfo Export (.e00) multiple topology to multiple layers |
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| Arcview Shape (.shp) |
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| MapInfo mid/mif |
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| AutoCAD .dxf |
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| MicroStation .dgn |
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| USGS DLG Optional (.do, .opt) |
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| USGS DLG SDTS (.ddf) |
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| Import with grain |
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| Automatic Grain Calculation |
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freehand only |
| Import ASCII delimted text file as point data |
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| Register raster imagery (tif & jpg w/ tfw, geotiff etc.) |
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| Plot point in DMS on any projected plane |
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| Plot point in decimal degrees on any projected plane |
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| Decimal degrees <> DMS conversion |
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| Projections |
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| Intelligent projection Editor |
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| Store Input Projection |
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| Project with changed map units |
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| Scale conversion |
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| Bezier curve support during projecting |
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| Transform scale |
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| Bezier curve support during scale transformation |
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| Legends |
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| Assign Legend Info |
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| Assign Legend Info with 'sticky menus' |
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| Auto Assign Legend Info |
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| Draw Legend |
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| Matching Features |
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| North Arrow |
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| Auto Scale Bar Creation |
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| Labeling |
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| Tagger Tool |
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| Feature Text Label |
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| Feature Text Label with 'sticky menus' |
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| Grids |
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| Auto Grid Generation |
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| Create grids in map units |
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| Create grids in points |
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| Create Grids in current page units |
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| Auto Index Creation |
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| Map Creation |
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| Add Map Parameters |
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| Assign Defaults |
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| Map Attibutes |
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| Fully editable map attributes table |
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| Add/delete columns |
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| Column math |
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| Select by attribute |
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| Select by attribute with 'sticky menus' |
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| Arc Functions |
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| Join Arcs |
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| Flip Arcs |
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illustrator only |
| Spline Arcs |
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illustrator only |
| Buffer Arcs |
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illustrator only |
| Douglas-Peucker line simplification for arcs |
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| Douglas-Peucker line simplification for areas |
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| Convert segments to Bezier curves |
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| Tables |
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| Import external data tables |
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| Edit table records |
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| Create tables |
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| Delete tables |
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| Add/Edit/Delete table columns |
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| Table join |
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| Select table records |
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| Exporting |
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| Export to mid/mif |
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| Export to shape |
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| Export text to .e00 |
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| Export to pdfPlus |
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FreeHand and AI8.01 only |
| Export geo-raster file (geotiff, tif with tfw, etc.) |
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| Other Functions |
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| Create areas in map units |
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| Bezier curve support in area and length calculations |
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| Copy and paste map data between layers |
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| Selection statistics window |
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| Select all areas/lines/ points/text |
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| Selection operations and memory |
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| Map location window |
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